White House issues New Executive Order on Federal Flood Risk Management, ASFPM Supports New Standard

The following is from an Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Management news release dated Jan. 30, 2015

President Obama issued a new Executive Order Jan. 30 that proposes a new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, which the Association of State Floodplain Managers says will ultimately help reduce flood losses and taxpayer costs. Two federal coordinating groups that deal with floodplain management issues– Federal Interagency Floodplain Management Task Force and Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MIT-FLG) – have been working on the new standard for the past year. The standard would apply to federal actions such as federal grants used for repair and redevelopment after a natural disaster. Click here to read more.